# Create, Update, and Read a Strava Activity

Source: https://openflow.run/en/templates/create-update-and-read-strava-activity/
Content language: en
Template revision: 9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871

Productivity

Create a manual running activity, update its description, and read it from Strava.

[Use in Open Flow](https://console.openflow.run/flows?importUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Foomol-lab%2Fawesome-workflow-templates%2F9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871%2Fworkflows%2Fcreate-update-and-read-strava-activity%2Ftemplates%2Fcreate-update-and-read-strava-activity.openflow.json)

*   [Open Flow JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/create-update-and-read-strava-activity/templates/create-update-and-read-strava-activity.openflow.json)
*   [n8n JSON](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/create-update-and-read-strava-activity/templates/create-update-and-read-strava-activity.n8n.json)

![Create, Update, and Read a Strava Activity workflow in Open Flow](https://openflow.run/_astro/preview-light.C7vPjSIo_Z1X7N2E.webp)

Create a manual running activity, update its description, and read it from Strava.

## Setup

Connect Strava with activity read and write permissions. Enter the actual start date and time in ISO format with Z or a UTC offset in **Configure start time**. Edit the run name, duration, distance and description as needed.

In n8n, connect Strava to the three nodes and enter the actual start time in **Strava**. Run one format per intended activity.

## Behavior

Run manually to create a one-hour, 1,000-metre run, update its description, and read the same activity by its returned ID. The final activity is returned. Check Strava before retrying an uncertain request: the run may already exist and earlier writes are not rolled back.

Inspiration & credits

## Changes to the source

*   Replace the fixed 2020 start time with user configuration. Open Flow validates the date and converts it to UTC before creating an activity and uses the current sport type alongside the source type.

Adapted from [Create, update and get activity in Strava](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows/blob/ae8cf6dc5b873cbb4f74587aa9180ed3a9f70682/workflows/Manual/1206_Manual_Strava_Create_Triggered.json) in [Zie619/n8n-workflows](https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows). The source export does not identify a separate template author or license.

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## Apps used

*   [**Strava**`strava`](https://console.openflow.run/connections/strava)

## What you’ll need

*   Strava account with activity read and write access

*   strava
*   fitness
*   activity

[View on GitHub](https://github.com/oomol-lab/awesome-workflow-templates/blob/9018120e802d4de0a097610157c565df858c0871/workflows/create-update-and-read-strava-activity/README.md)